Shibori 13

Not unlucky.
The sculptural samples I have made are very exciting and even this one, which was orginially a metre of silk, and is now a small worm-like tube that no-one, from 3 years to 50, wants to touch... is providing a lot of food for thought. As I 'play' with it and try different forms it suggests many writhing pulsating nematodes ... and so on... I know I am going to make this bigger and bigger and start to use a machine for the gathering instead of by hand. Here goes...
Also - Major break through with stiffening the shibori and providing a stable surface for hand stitching... Small sample only so far but it is exciting progress. On On....

Shibori 12

Gathered two directions
Just taking out the threads - moving them around to show 'ikat' dye that occurs concurrently with shibori dyeing.
Sculptural forms
Flat pattern - very delicate

Shibori 11

Hand stitching - half circles
for the preparotory stitching see Shibori 8 in a previous post below
After dyeingStretching out a little - wonderful sculptural form
And a little more

And the reverse side - nothing to say that this ought to be the back!

Sculptural form - this has got to have potential for my worms, caterpillars and nudibranchs Continued....
Flat pattern

Shibori 10

Simple Tie-dye Shibori (eat your hearts out those who want tight classifications)
Silk tied in knots and dyed in acid hot water dye... no need for steaming after that.

Partially unwrapped... maintaining sculptural form... clear definition of colour.. I like this dye

Fabric stretched out further and beginning to show the pattern more clearly

Flat pattern

I like the abstract and relatively unplanned nature of this method (compare with Shibori 10 +)

Shibori 9

Wrapping - Plastic bottle tops

Using soft synthetic net curtain fabric - voile... and steaming in pressure cooker for 30 mins... the shapes are fixed quite strongly.

Shibori 8

Hand Stitching

Shibori 7

Wrapping objects - Screws
The screws and wrapping threads have been removed, Here the head of the screw was away from the tip of the 'tentacles'.

Ironed flat